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the united states senate represents land, not people. and so in the united states senate republicans are overrepresented compared to the number of republican voters in this country. the house of representatives is called the people's house because it represents people, not land. the house of representatives was designed to be more faithful to democracy than the united states senate. and so tonight what you saw in the house of representatives was democracy in action. what you saw was the power of your vote, the vote that you cast last year in your congressional district for your member of the house of representatives. that was your vote in action tonight on the floor of the house of representatives. technically, there were 230 votes to impeach president trump tonight in the house of representatives. but those 230 votes were empowered by your votes. your votes made history tonight. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> the breaking news tonight, donald trump, the 45th president of the united state
the united states senate represents land, not people. and so in the united states senate republicans are overrepresented compared to the number of republican voters in this country. the house of representatives is called the people's house because it represents people, not land. the house of representatives was designed to be more faithful to democracy than the united states senate. and so tonight what you saw in the house of representatives was democracy in action. what you saw was the power...
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beginning with then senate majority leader, republican bill frist. >> we, 100 united states senators will decide the question at hand. should we allow a minority of senators to deny votes on judicial nominees that have the support of a majority of this body? or should we restore the 214-year practice of voting up or down on all judicial nominees that come to this floor. >> mr. president, the right to an extended debate is never more important than when one party controls congress and the white house. in these cases, a filibuster serves as a check on power and preserves our limited government. >> today, senate majority leader reid used his vine account to point out senator mcconnell's frequent calls for up or down votes on judicial nominees. >> up or down vote should be given to presidential nominees. up or down vote. up or down vote. all we're looking for is an up or down vote. >> what is not clear is what this means for the future of the filibuster or for the senate going for or for the politics of president obama's second term. what is clear that as of now, we have entered a new er
beginning with then senate majority leader, republican bill frist. >> we, 100 united states senators will decide the question at hand. should we allow a minority of senators to deny votes on judicial nominees that have the support of a majority of this body? or should we restore the 214-year practice of voting up or down on all judicial nominees that come to this floor. >> mr. president, the right to an extended debate is never more important than when one party controls congress...
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everything that we need to do is going to require 60 votes in the united states senate, which is why i would say to everybody, 2020 is about the white house, it's also about the united states senate. >> the other -- this is modelled on the components of the voting rights act that left tests in place for certain states when they wanted to change things. >> right. >> you're using that model. that model has been challenged by this supreme court. so that is a more -- that is an already challenged model. >> but the basis of the challenge was to say don't -- don't base your evaluation of the state's history based on what happened 50 years ago. it needs to be more current. what i am putting in place and will put in place is it will be based on that state's history over the last 25 years. and in that regard then we will review those through the united states department of justice and make a decision, are they conforming with the constitution of the united states as interpreted by the united states supreme court or not? if they are not, then that law will be invalidated and it will not be abl
everything that we need to do is going to require 60 votes in the united states senate, which is why i would say to everybody, 2020 is about the white house, it's also about the united states senate. >> the other -- this is modelled on the components of the voting rights act that left tests in place for certain states when they wanted to change things. >> right. >> you're using that model. that model has been challenged by this supreme court. so that is a more -- that is an...
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you served with these men for decades in the united states senate in some cases. are you surprised by the way they are reacting to this in not being more full throated? >> truly, i am. and i am so thankful to people like steve! midt that give me hope for this country and john mccain and mitt romney and the others who read the story. and you know, i held back until i read every word of that story and if i, if i could just ask the people of alabama, just read the story and follow your heart and your mind. and don't be blinded by anything else but that story. because we know it's real. you just have to read it. you can feel it as a human being, as a mom or a dad or as a victim. but let me say i am surprised, particularly mitch who i worked very well with towards the end of my tenure. i'm surprised because he went through the packwood case and this was another situation where bob packwood was re-elected to the united states senate. he had run on a very strong feminist agenda from oregon and right after he won, the washington post wrote up with of these incredible in-d
you served with these men for decades in the united states senate in some cases. are you surprised by the way they are reacting to this in not being more full throated? >> truly, i am. and i am so thankful to people like steve! midt that give me hope for this country and john mccain and mitt romney and the others who read the story. and you know, i held back until i read every word of that story and if i, if i could just ask the people of alabama, just read the story and follow your heart...
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states senate. >> look, with the actual handler, like a nazi handler -- >> a paid agent of hitler's government working with members of congress and members of the united states senate, to distribute, literally, propaganda written by the german government, targeting the american people in quantity. that happened. the justice department was, like, we should do something about this. this is not good. and the marrying of those two things, of threat to overthrow the u.s. government, multiple plots along those lines. >> holding guns, training with those guns and weapons, ordinance, i mean -- >> yes, stockpiling bombs, and detailed plans. that's happening at the same time that members of congress and members of the united states senate were being roped into a plan involving a nazi agent to not just, sort of, leverage the pro german or anti war sympathies, but actually do hitler's work in this country. the combination of those things is something the justice department tried to tackle through a mass citizen
states senate. >> look, with the actual handler, like a nazi handler -- >> a paid agent of hitler's government working with members of congress and members of the united states senate, to distribute, literally, propaganda written by the german government, targeting the american people in quantity. that happened. the justice department was, like, we should do something about this. this is not good. and the marrying of those two things, of threat to overthrow the u.s. government,...
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he's been a united states senator since 2006. he's been in the house since 1991. he was mayor of burlington before that. he has been in many, many very,
he's been a united states senator since 2006. he's been in the house since 1991. he was mayor of burlington before that. he has been in many, many very,
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i've got to tell you, given what mitch mcconnell has been doing in the united states senate, the way it's just block, block, block, no, no, no. you get allison lundgren grimes in there, and i feel like she could almost single handedly get rid of some of the gridlock here in washington. >> it's interesting, right? because it would be, i think, unprecedented, for a senate
i've got to tell you, given what mitch mcconnell has been doing in the united states senate, the way it's just block, block, block, no, no, no. you get allison lundgren grimes in there, and i feel like she could almost single handedly get rid of some of the gridlock here in washington. >> it's interesting, right? because it would be, i think, unprecedented, for a senate
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a majority of the united states senate that said the same thing. two federal court judges said the same thing. and for that matter the president of the united states said it is unconstitutional and then he did it they need to minimize the if the risk of further conduct if it spreads further. >> what would yowl be defund something. >> that is the big if. it may be operative on saturday or sunday. the judge's decisions are not final. until they are, there is a risk at any point in time that an appellate or supreme court may enter a stay of the district court order in which case barack obama, as he showed in the past will immediately implement what we believe and what he himself said is illegal and unconstitutional conduct. >> to be fair to your point, the justice department is seeking that specifically on this vote tomorrow will you be with john bay boehner boehner? >> tomorrow is like being pregnant, you are or you're not. if you vote for the continuing resolution, and it is lifted you will have voted to fund illegal and unconstitutional action. i'm
a majority of the united states senate that said the same thing. two federal court judges said the same thing. and for that matter the president of the united states said it is unconstitutional and then he did it they need to minimize the if the risk of further conduct if it spreads further. >> what would yowl be defund something. >> that is the big if. it may be operative on saturday or sunday. the judge's decisions are not final. until they are, there is a risk at any point in...
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every republican member of the united states senate should signal that should he be elected, that he'll refuse to -- that they'll refuse to caucus with roy moore. every one of them should call on him to drop out of this race. they should repudiate it. the moral rot in the republican party, the rot, the stench, the cancer of bannonism is a plague on this country. it is a sad, sad day. ronald reagan, abraham lincoln, dwight eisenhower, teddy roosevelt, they're rolling over in their grafeves tonight. shame on mitch mcconnell, shame on paul ryan for not speaking out, not doing the right thing here. shame on them. >> there's the bannonite camp and the alabama republicans who are rallying around moore, saying it's fabricated. and people like mitt romney and barbara comstock and john mccain saying this in and of itself is disqualifying. then there's this other category, the biggest category, i'm not sure. today you had mike lee first asking for his name to be pulled off the fundraising document, the picture of him with roy moore. first he wanted his picture removed. then later after the yinter
every republican member of the united states senate should signal that should he be elected, that he'll refuse to -- that they'll refuse to caucus with roy moore. every one of them should call on him to drop out of this race. they should repudiate it. the moral rot in the republican party, the rot, the stench, the cancer of bannonism is a plague on this country. it is a sad, sad day. ronald reagan, abraham lincoln, dwight eisenhower, teddy roosevelt, they're rolling over in their grafeves...
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states senate. they don't seem to care about the institution or about the constitution or about the processes of government. it's about our tribe and what do we have to do to get our bill passed. it really retleflects badly on party and they will have a hard time recovering from helping roy moore get into the u.s. senate if that's what happens. >> quickly, robert, does it feel like a tight race like anyone knows? >> it does because suburban voters in birmingham, this is a swing area. mobile or huntsville where they have development are worried about the state's reputation. this remains republican state so as much as doug jones is pitching them in the final few days to come over, it's a difficult argument to make in this state with these demographics. >> we should note that steve bannon was down there tonight. he is endorsed moore -- moore was all but guaranteed to win the primary. swooped in at the end and has helped maneuver the republican party into full throated support of a man who stands credib
states senate. they don't seem to care about the institution or about the constitution or about the processes of government. it's about our tribe and what do we have to do to get our bill passed. it really retleflects badly on party and they will have a hard time recovering from helping roy moore get into the u.s. senate if that's what happens. >> quickly, robert, does it feel like a tight race like anyone knows? >> it does because suburban voters in birmingham, this is a swing...
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when you look at the united states senate and compare the united states senate to the problem of climate change -- >> but i think the fight has to be conducted. and slerncertainly working on legislation with republicans where that's possible. but i'm clear than i've ever been that the way to solve this problem is to vanquish them in 2020. >> this will get mitch mcconnell onboard. >> it's not about that. it's about the structural aspects of politics and we just have to beat them. >> okay, another thing republicans have been fairly intransigent on but maybe waffling a little is on guns and this is something you've been outspoken on. chris murphy i know is friend of yours and you guys tweet each other a lot. this thing happened today where there was a draft of it circulating on the hill and then hogan giddily tells me just because white house legislative director eric is among those pushing it on the hill doesn't mean president trump has signed off on it. >> i hope we're wrong and there's a background check bill, there's a meaningful gun safety measure to vote on, i'll be thrilled and i'll
when you look at the united states senate and compare the united states senate to the problem of climate change -- >> but i think the fight has to be conducted. and slerncertainly working on legislation with republicans where that's possible. but i'm clear than i've ever been that the way to solve this problem is to vanquish them in 2020. >> this will get mitch mcconnell onboard. >> it's not about that. it's about the structural aspects of politics and we just have to beat...
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attorney but also in his career as a united states senator, has been hostility to the enforcement of civil rights, particularly in the area of voting rights. i mean, this is a senator who rejected as a u.s. attorney, did play a very important role in the turner case. and i think that's something that has to be looked at. but he is also someone who had voted against, for example, the matthew shepard hate crime law. he showed hostility to the violence against women act. this is an individual who has shown a hostility to the enforcement of civil rights laws even though the position of attorney general would have a particular responsibility in that area. here's what's important, though, steve -- >> can i just ask you, though, to make the point but i want to follow up. how different does that make him -- this is a republican who just won the election for president, presumably -- >> sure. >> -- going to get a republican pick for attorney general. the other instances, the other cases, examples you're bringing up, how different is jeff sessions different than any other republican pick you're
attorney but also in his career as a united states senator, has been hostility to the enforcement of civil rights, particularly in the area of voting rights. i mean, this is a senator who rejected as a u.s. attorney, did play a very important role in the turner case. and i think that's something that has to be looked at. but he is also someone who had voted against, for example, the matthew shepard hate crime law. he showed hostility to the violence against women act. this is an individual who...
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>> well, we will prepare to ultimately try this case in the united states senate. and as you know, the first impeachment of this particular president, in january of last year, how that process unfolds. so, myself and my fellow managers, many with whom i serve on the judiciary committee, people like jaime rasken, who's a tremendous lead manager. i think the speaker made excellent, wonderful choices in the team she assembled. and the lawyers prior to being elected to the congress. we're hopeful the senators will taken a objective look at the facts at the evidence presented. ultimately, if they do so, i believe they will ultimately reach a convikds of this president. >> congressman from the state of colorado, one of the impeachment managers who was there on this historic and sad and troubling occasion. thank you, congressman. >> thank you, chris. >>> i want to bring in democratic senator of massachusetts. he will now be a juror for the second time in as many years. for the president. what is the sentiment that you and your colleagues in the senate have, having watched
>> well, we will prepare to ultimately try this case in the united states senate. and as you know, the first impeachment of this particular president, in january of last year, how that process unfolds. so, myself and my fellow managers, many with whom i serve on the judiciary committee, people like jaime rasken, who's a tremendous lead manager. i think the speaker made excellent, wonderful choices in the team she assembled. and the lawyers prior to being elected to the congress. we're...
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call donald trump to testify before the united states senate. this is about donald trump compromising national security. forget about mulvaney for a minute. make trump say to the nation i'm not cooperating. make republicans cover for him and on the eve of the state of the union. so you put the heat on the gardeners and collins to say is this the moment you want to share the spotlight with trump. i don't think it is. >> is there anything, any heat to be put on republicans to say the moment is this big. this important. this is the nation in history are looking to you now. >> there is the what you can call the grandchildren test. imagine one of these guys grandson in law school. he can explain to his grandson why he voted to acquit. it didn't reach the level of impeachment. too close to the election whatever. it will be hard to explain to his grandson why he voted for a fake trial. everybody knows a trial with no documents and witnesses is fake. that's a hard thing to carry into history with you. i think a lot of them are just not assessing the pol
call donald trump to testify before the united states senate. this is about donald trump compromising national security. forget about mulvaney for a minute. make trump say to the nation i'm not cooperating. make republicans cover for him and on the eve of the state of the union. so you put the heat on the gardeners and collins to say is this the moment you want to share the spotlight with trump. i don't think it is. >> is there anything, any heat to be put on republicans to say the moment...
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and so now every republican official, secretaries of state, united states senate candidates, have to promise to put trump above democracy itself. and many are doing it. they are now organizing the next coup in plain sight so this week we commemorate the fallen and thank everyone who came to democracy's defense across the country and in our great capital city. we know this was round one. we know authoritarians rarely give up. and we know they aren't doing their preparation for the next coup in hiding. they are doing it all in plain sight and they must be stopped. >> senator brian shotz standing where he was a year ago as rioters stormed the capitol warning american democracy is at stake and joining me live tonight. i talked to congressman raskin on the house side today and i'm curious your reaction today and whether there were a lot of republican senators around. >> republican senators are not around. now my good old friend and colleague johnny isaacson his funeral was today. 30 of the republican senators are in atlanta, georgia for that purpose. 20 are not. and i just think it is not
and so now every republican official, secretaries of state, united states senate candidates, have to promise to put trump above democracy itself. and many are doing it. they are now organizing the next coup in plain sight so this week we commemorate the fallen and thank everyone who came to democracy's defense across the country and in our great capital city. we know this was round one. we know authoritarians rarely give up. and we know they aren't doing their preparation for the next coup in...
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this is a person who is very much a creature of the united states senate. one of the longest serving senators we've had, and i think if you asked him recently -- he is somebody who is very molded in adapt sows norms. it is striking to see him making this call from the lectern, as a president, towards former body. >> look, the filibuster in a long period -- was used on average one time it was really invoked-ing, it wasn't invoked in supreme court justices it wasn't invoked in a lot of major pieces of legislation. it began to be abused especially with mitch mcconnell, really taking the filibuster to a whole new level under barack obama. to say that joe biden's change, the real change you need to point to is the way the modern republican party picked up the filibuster and so abuse it to the point where many of us are saying this is ridiculous, we're stopping some fundamental progress in our country. we need to refit this filibuster. >> senator cory booker, good to have you on tonight, thanks a lot >> thank you, happy new year. >> don't go anywhere, my reporter
this is a person who is very much a creature of the united states senate. one of the longest serving senators we've had, and i think if you asked him recently -- he is somebody who is very molded in adapt sows norms. it is striking to see him making this call from the lectern, as a president, towards former body. >> look, the filibuster in a long period -- was used on average one time it was really invoked-ing, it wasn't invoked in supreme court justices it wasn't invoked in a lot of...
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so many of my republican colleagues over in the united states senate have suggested in the past few days that these precedents set by the supreme court are settled. but of course, we know that the right to an abortion was settled law for 50 years. until it wasn't. and justice clarence thomas and his conquered opinion was honest in setting his sights and the sites of the majority on the supreme court. that far-right 63 majority on the supreme court, another fundamental rights, like the right to manage equality. it's why i am so glad that the house passed my bill with jerry nadler and others last night called the respect for marriage act. >> there is a real possibility that this could pass the senate. but before i get to that, one thing that is striking here is the speed and aggressiveness with which the democrats have moved on this right? this has come together in a few weeks. it seems like an example of seizing the moment, pressing the advantage, doing the thing. how did it come together so quickly? >> imagine that, chris. democrats actually leveraging the power that they have to galvani
so many of my republican colleagues over in the united states senate have suggested in the past few days that these precedents set by the supreme court are settled. but of course, we know that the right to an abortion was settled law for 50 years. until it wasn't. and justice clarence thomas and his conquered opinion was honest in setting his sights and the sites of the majority on the supreme court. that far-right 63 majority on the supreme court, another fundamental rights, like the right to...
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because that is the upside down logic of democracy in the united states senate. and the bill at issue is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to result in a lopsided 18-point margin. it would have allowed an estimated 25 million americans to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates, which wouldn't cost the government money, but would cut into the profit the federal government is currently making off of student loans. and that reduced revenue, that would have been paid for by substituting the so-called buffett rule, setting minimum tax rates for people making over $1 million a year. bill was the brain child of massachusetts democrat, elizabeth warren, who managed to persuade 55 of her colleagues to vote with her, including republican susan collins, bob corker, and lisa murkowski. she did not get enough republicans to break the republican filibuster, led by senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. and joining me now is senator elizabeth warren, democrat from massachusetts. senator warren, your reaction to today's vote? >> well, i just think it's outr
because that is the upside down logic of democracy in the united states senate. and the bill at issue is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to result in a lopsided 18-point margin. it would have allowed an estimated 25 million americans to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates, which wouldn't cost the government money, but would cut into the profit the federal government is currently making off of student loans. and that reduced revenue, that would have been paid for by...
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states senate. they don't seem to care about the institution or about the constitution or about the processes of government. it's about our tribe and what do we have to do to get our bill passed. it really reflects badly on the party and they will have a hard time recovering from helping roy moore get into the u.s. senate if that's what happens. >> quickly, robert, does it feel like a tight race like anyone knows? >> it does because suburban voters in birmingham, this is a swing area. bannon was down there tonight. he is endorsed moore -- moore was all but guaranteed to win the primary. swooped in at the end and has helped maneuver the republican party into full throated support of a man who stands credible accused of molesting a 14-year-old and sexual assaulting a 16-year-old. thank you both for being with me tonight. that is "all in" for this evening. >>> the president had a strange luncheon meeting today with six republican senators who wanted to be heard on international trade but none of the se
states senate. they don't seem to care about the institution or about the constitution or about the processes of government. it's about our tribe and what do we have to do to get our bill passed. it really reflects badly on the party and they will have a hard time recovering from helping roy moore get into the u.s. senate if that's what happens. >> quickly, robert, does it feel like a tight race like anyone knows? >> it does because suburban voters in birmingham, this is a swing...
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you're an united states senator. sit down, please. >> you are a united states senator. sit down, sit down, united states editor. that senator, by the way, former mixed martial arts fire eater, refused to back down, he kept trying to set a place in time for the fills occult occasion between the two men. >> you said anytime, any place. >> what's your question? >> except the challenge. >> what challenge? >> you said anytime, any place. i'm accepting yours. >> what? challenge >> april 30th. how about we do it for charity and smoking guns and tulsa, oklahoma. >> no physical confrontations. here >> you want to fight me? >> what did you say about anytime, any place? >> let's have coffee, discuss our differences. >> okay let's have coffee. >> it's funny how your backing out. >> i'm not backing out of anyone. >> you did. >> you should be the most influential people in this country making changes. you are focused on the irrelevant? >> when he was asked about the wisdom of using violence to solve the dispute, mullin pointed to the long history of fighting in the nation's capital.
you're an united states senator. sit down, please. >> you are a united states senator. sit down, sit down, united states editor. that senator, by the way, former mixed martial arts fire eater, refused to back down, he kept trying to set a place in time for the fills occult occasion between the two men. >> you said anytime, any place. >> what's your question? >> except the challenge. >> what challenge? >> you said anytime, any place. i'm accepting yours....
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but i was prepped even as a united states senator. now i'm not prepped at all. so this is just me. >> it doesn't show. but continue. >> when you called me when i was a senator, i sat around with the staff and i said, what if he asks this or that or the other because i wanted to be prepared and i wanted to be informed and i wanted to look good for the people of california. >> yeah, and you cared and you exerted care. that's the thing that members of the congress and senate republicans and democrats will do, putting some effort on that front. barbara boxer and josh earnest, great to have you both. >> thanks, chris. >> still to come, the president makes an admission about stormy daniels that is cited in court hours later. we'll talk about how damaging that rambling interview was for him legally in two minutes. from the very beginning ... it was always our singular focus, a distinct determination. to do whatever it takes, use every possible resource. to fight cancer. and never lose sight of the patients we're fighting for. our cancer treatment specialists share the
but i was prepped even as a united states senator. now i'm not prepped at all. so this is just me. >> it doesn't show. but continue. >> when you called me when i was a senator, i sat around with the staff and i said, what if he asks this or that or the other because i wanted to be prepared and i wanted to be informed and i wanted to look good for the people of california. >> yeah, and you cared and you exerted care. that's the thing that members of the congress and senate...
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senator to senator, president of the united states so quickly. how did it -- how did it change you? how did it change them? >> well, i think michelle obama said this really well during the democratic convention in 2012. she said, people often ask me, has being president changed my husband, and i say, no, it hasn't changed him, it's revealed who he is. and i think it tested all of us. we found out whether we could take a punch. we found out whether or not we could keep focused on what was important, and that was long-term solutions to the challenges that we have, or whether we would succumb to politics. i think we all mature, we all grow, we all learn from the experience. but i think your basic core values are pretty well set by the time you reach adulthood. >> valerie jarrett, the book is called "finding my voice" and it's out today. thank you so much. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me on, chris. >> that is "all in" for the evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> valerie jarrett making some news saying she's been talking to some 2
senator to senator, president of the united states so quickly. how did it -- how did it change you? how did it change them? >> well, i think michelle obama said this really well during the democratic convention in 2012. she said, people often ask me, has being president changed my husband, and i say, no, it hasn't changed him, it's revealed who he is. and i think it tested all of us. we found out whether we could take a punch. we found out whether or not we could keep focused on what was...
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it's a two-vote majority in the united states senate. losing that majority or reducing it by one could mean we don't get the justice we need on the supreme court to overturn row v. wade. the greater good is stop the slaughter of the innocent unborn. the ends justify the means. >> i think the problem with that is the idea it will either be somebody as terrible as roy moore in getting those things or it will be somebody better and you won't get those things. the problem, when you decide we are going to accept somebody as terrible as roy moore and you are good with that, you are okay with it for those reasons. you keep getting those kind of people over and over again. >> you incentivize it and create a new kind of standard. >> the reality is we have to draw a line as americans, but especially the republican party and conservatives have to get to the point very, very quickly here with donald trump in the white house and moore, potentially on the way to the senate, if we can't stop it. they have to break the cycle and vote core american value
it's a two-vote majority in the united states senate. losing that majority or reducing it by one could mean we don't get the justice we need on the supreme court to overturn row v. wade. the greater good is stop the slaughter of the innocent unborn. the ends justify the means. >> i think the problem with that is the idea it will either be somebody as terrible as roy moore in getting those things or it will be somebody better and you won't get those things. the problem, when you decide we...
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, united states senate candidates have to promised to put trump above democracy itself. and many are doing it. they are now organizing the next coup in plain sight. so this weight, we commemorate the fall in. we think everyone who came to democracy's defense across the country and in our great capital city. but we know that this is around one. we know that authoritarianism really give up. and we know that they are doing the preparation for the next coup in hiding. they are doing it all in plain sight and they must be stopped. >> senator brian schatz of hawaii, standing exactly where he was last year. as rioters stormed the capitol. senator brian schatz joins me live tonight. i talk to congressman jamie raskin on the house side today. and i'm curious about your reaction to the day and whether there are a lot of republican senators around. >> republican senators are not around now. my good old friend and colleague, johnny isakson, his funeral is today. so 30 of the republican senators are in atlanta georgia for that purpose. and i just think that it's noteworthy that there
, united states senate candidates have to promised to put trump above democracy itself. and many are doing it. they are now organizing the next coup in plain sight. so this weight, we commemorate the fall in. we think everyone who came to democracy's defense across the country and in our great capital city. but we know that this is around one. we know that authoritarianism really give up. and we know that they are doing the preparation for the next coup in hiding. they are doing it all in plain...
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is there something you can do in your role as united states senator? what can be done here? >> i would sure think so. back in 2005 is the last time that i could find, my staff has been researching as quickly as possible, that they really revisited the bankruptcy laws. at that time it was to guarantee the pensions. >> right. >> for some reason, a loophole on health care benefits was left out, chris. i can't tell you why. i don't know if it was intentional. but that's something we should look into. i think it's something we will fix and it needs to be fixed. nobody -- when you think in 2005, that was a republican administration with a republican legislature, and they saw the inequity of pensions not being fundinged properly. >> and they moved to make sure they were guaranteed. >> surely they'll see the inequity of health benefits not being funded properly also. >> let me ask you this, senator, quickly and this is a hard question. your state has been dependent on coal for a long time. and coal is having a really rough time in the marketplace right now. it's getting pounded by n
is there something you can do in your role as united states senator? what can be done here? >> i would sure think so. back in 2005 is the last time that i could find, my staff has been researching as quickly as possible, that they really revisited the bankruptcy laws. at that time it was to guarantee the pensions. >> right. >> for some reason, a loophole on health care benefits was left out, chris. i can't tell you why. i don't know if it was intentional. but that's something...
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. >> one of just three bob's currently serving in the united states senate and he would be the first bob to hold the office of president. he is tennessee senator bob corker. >> you sure know how to pick them. josh barro, you have a nose. >> is bob corker even aware that anyone is talking about bob corker running for president? >> he religiously watches "all in" every weeknight at 8:00 p.m. >> the republican primary voters eat that up, dude. >> i had corker ranked 26th out of 25. >> joy reid, we come to you. you have joran pataki -- >> we still have hrc on the board. >> i'm hoping for 19. >> ready for hillary. on the board. >> no. chris christie. >> chris christie from the shadow of the george washington bridge. he loves the cowboys, springsteen, and telling people to shut up. he is stronger than the storm, but is he born to run? he is new jersey governor chris christie. >> i think that is my favorite one we have seen so far. >> i feel like yelling at a teacher. >> i think that chris christie will run. i do think he will not play well in a state like iowa. i don't see how he playing w
. >> one of just three bob's currently serving in the united states senate and he would be the first bob to hold the office of president. he is tennessee senator bob corker. >> you sure know how to pick them. josh barro, you have a nose. >> is bob corker even aware that anyone is talking about bob corker running for president? >> he religiously watches "all in" every weeknight at 8:00 p.m. >> the republican primary voters eat that up, dude. >> i had...
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, far less than one used to in the united states senate. jeff flake and coons tried to bring it up, defeated by mitch mcconnell. flake has said he won't vote for a -- lame duck session. are there other republicans who can go the flake route to get you the leverage you would need? >> i think there are other republicans and they need to step forward. the story of this congress has been quite unfortunately the abdication of responsibility by republicans. i hope jeff flake sticks to that commitment. but we need the legislation -- >> you need more than that, don't you? >> we need more than just him, and we need more than just jeff flake because he's going to be leaving and we need the muscle to make sure that the senate votes on this. >> do you have any doubt in your mind that if the president fired mueller and shut down the investigation that the overwhelming majority of republican colleagues would be fine with it to try to protect the president? >> there will be a fire storm if he fires the special counsel, there will be a constitutional confl
, far less than one used to in the united states senate. jeff flake and coons tried to bring it up, defeated by mitch mcconnell. flake has said he won't vote for a -- lame duck session. are there other republicans who can go the flake route to get you the leverage you would need? >> i think there are other republicans and they need to step forward. the story of this congress has been quite unfortunately the abdication of responsibility by republicans. i hope jeff flake sticks to that...
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i think when you look at the united states senate, and you compare the united states senate to the problem of climate change, ooh. >> i think the fight has to be conducted, right? i certainly am working on legislation with republicans where that's possible. but i am clearer than i've ever been that the way to solve this problem is to vanquish them in 2020. we just got to beat them. there is no clever framing. lots of people come in and say here's how you should talk about climate change. >> this will get mitch mcconnell on board. >> it's not about that. it's about the structural aspects of politics, and we just have to beat them. >> another thing that republicans have been fairly intransigent on, but waffling a little is on guns. this is something you've been outspoken on. chris murphy is a good friend of yours and you guys tweet each other adorably a lot. he has been working with the white house and joe manchin on some kind of background check. there was a draft circulating on the hill and then hogan gidley tells me just because white house legislative director eric yewland is among those
i think when you look at the united states senate, and you compare the united states senate to the problem of climate change, ooh. >> i think the fight has to be conducted, right? i certainly am working on legislation with republicans where that's possible. but i am clearer than i've ever been that the way to solve this problem is to vanquish them in 2020. we just got to beat them. there is no clever framing. lots of people come in and say here's how you should talk about climate change....
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that was his expertise before coming to the united states senate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the top ranked republican on the senate veterans committee, even
that was his expertise before coming to the united states senate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the top ranked republican on the senate veterans committee, even
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senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator of the united states, senator. senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator. why not talk about race? >> it looks like republican senator cindy hyde-smith has figured finally out a strategy for success in the runoff election tomorrow. stop talking around cameras. in the last few weeks hyde-smith has been caught on tape saying she would enthusiastically attend a public hanging with a spur of hers. and mississippi should make it more difficult for, quote, some folks to vote. she said these things while running for office in a state that had more lynchings than any other state in the union. a state that's disenfranchised black voters clg today, still flies a flag with the confederate emblem. senator hide said these things while running against mike espy looking to become the state's first black senator since reconstruction. the president is in mississippi right now doing two different rallies in support of hyde-smith. just hours before he arrived, semen nooses were found outside saying, we need to remind people time
senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator of the united states, senator. senator, you're running to be the u.s. senator. why not talk about race? >> it looks like republican senator cindy hyde-smith has figured finally out a strategy for success in the runoff election tomorrow. stop talking around cameras. in the last few weeks hyde-smith has been caught on tape saying she would enthusiastically attend a public hanging with a spur of hers. and mississippi should make it more...
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and the way he himself became a united states senator. do you remember when roger wicker first earned his way into the united states senate? >> now mississippi governor, haley represented or roger record to fill the senate seat left over by trench -- [inaudible] >> all yes the good old fashion way he was gifted. would you look at that. robert wicker didn't so much has earned that seat as the senator of mississippi, he was given it almost like an inheritance. along with his place in history as literally the 23rd white man in a row to sit in that seat. >> during that process, i can imagine the governor -- of the proud list of mississippi senators who have gone before me. and walk the halls where i will now work for our state and nation. names like, john dennis, billy eastland, rich arson, and al q.c. lamar. clearly, i have a lot to live up to. >> i guess, a proud lineage there. under wicker a congressman rat's political rare as an aide to -- and then he got to take over his old boss in the senate seat with his old boss retired. one year int
and the way he himself became a united states senator. do you remember when roger wicker first earned his way into the united states senate? >> now mississippi governor, haley represented or roger record to fill the senate seat left over by trench -- [inaudible] >> all yes the good old fashion way he was gifted. would you look at that. robert wicker didn't so much has earned that seat as the senator of mississippi, he was given it almost like an inheritance. along with his place in...
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>> well, we will prepare to ultimately try this case in the united states senate and, of course, you know from having covered the previous trial, not that long ago, the first impeachment of this particular president in january of last year, how that process unfolds. myself and my fellow managers, many with whom i serve on the judiciary committee, people like jamie raskin who is a tremendous lead manager, i think the speaker made excellent, wonderful choices in the team that she has assembled, all of us have extensive litigation experience, lawyers prior to being elected to the united states congress. we're hopeful that the senators will take an objective look at the facts, at the evidence presented. if they do so, i believe that they will ultimately reach a conviction of this president. >> congressman joe neguse for the state of colorado, one of the impeachment managers who was there today on this historic and sad and troubling occasion. thank you, congressman. >> thank you, chris. >>> i want to bring in democratic senator ed markey of massachusetts. he will now be a juror for the se
>> well, we will prepare to ultimately try this case in the united states senate and, of course, you know from having covered the previous trial, not that long ago, the first impeachment of this particular president in january of last year, how that process unfolds. myself and my fellow managers, many with whom i serve on the judiciary committee, people like jamie raskin who is a tremendous lead manager, i think the speaker made excellent, wonderful choices in the team that she has...
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that was his expertise before coming to the united states senate. now that mr. burr is in the united states senate, he is the top ranked republican on the senate veterans committee, even though senator burr never served in the military, is not a veteran. he represents north cana
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if you go back to the members of the united states senate, this is a coequal branch of government. i think it's perplexed a lot of people to see really powerful senator, people like lindsey graham who is not up for immediate reelection, bob corker who is retiring, he is leaving, he is a very wealthy man there is nothing president trump can do to lindsey graham and bob corker, and yet the servility continues. can you relate as a former senator yourself to the way these men are behaving? and they didn't do it right after the election when they say he won, i'm going to be with him. they're literally making this change in the last few weeks. >> well, i find it especially disappointing in republicans because by covering for president, making excuses, rung interference for him, they're enabling the man to continue in his irresponsible, outrageous, dangerous conduct. talk about comparing nuclear buttons, whether it was sexual innuendo in that or not, it was just outrageous. the president apparently has no understanding of what a nuclear war would be like. this is extremely dangerous. the
if you go back to the members of the united states senate, this is a coequal branch of government. i think it's perplexed a lot of people to see really powerful senator, people like lindsey graham who is not up for immediate reelection, bob corker who is retiring, he is leaving, he is a very wealthy man there is nothing president trump can do to lindsey graham and bob corker, and yet the servility continues. can you relate as a former senator yourself to the way these men are behaving? and they...
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roy moore might be elected to the united states senate. i imagine there's some professional context in which you'd meet roy moore, stand across from him. what would you do? >> i wouldn't shake his hand. i probably wouldn't even recognize his existence. he shouldn't be in the senate but that's something the senate's going to have to decide for itself. they have talked about referring it to the ethics committee. and that is the appropriate place to which it should be sent. >> all right, congresswoman jackie speier, thanks for your time tonight. rebecca tracer, writer at large for "new york" magazine where she profiled senator gillibrand a few months ago. since we have alabama rolling in the background here, this does seem to be whatever happens, particularly were roy moore to win, another moment when it's like, you're loading the spring of the backlash. you know? of the anger that folks feel about people getting away with this. >> right. it depends on which version of the backlash you're talking about. >> right. i mean the backlash against -
roy moore might be elected to the united states senate. i imagine there's some professional context in which you'd meet roy moore, stand across from him. what would you do? >> i wouldn't shake his hand. i probably wouldn't even recognize his existence. he shouldn't be in the senate but that's something the senate's going to have to decide for itself. they have talked about referring it to the ethics committee. and that is the appropriate place to which it should be sent. >> all...
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we got to the place where we got 98 out of 98 votes in the united states senate doing it. >> i'm joined now by the person who is most responsible -- more responsible than anyone for deciding what these debates would look like and what they'll look like going forward, democratic national committee chair tom perez. we didn't know how it would go. give yourself a grade in how you and the dnc managed this process. >> well, i'm excite that so many people watched it. i was really excited to see those viewership numbers. my goal, chris, was to make sure that everybody got a fair shake to communicate their vision, and that we didn't talk about hand size. we talked about health care and climate change and how we build an economy that works for everyone, not just a few at the top. i think we did a good job in having that. we saw disagreements. you know, chris, i think the area, just to take one example where we really helped to crystallize where we are and where we need to go and what the differences are is in health care, because every candidate believes that every person in this c
we got to the place where we got 98 out of 98 votes in the united states senate doing it. >> i'm joined now by the person who is most responsible -- more responsible than anyone for deciding what these debates would look like and what they'll look like going forward, democratic national committee chair tom perez. we didn't know how it would go. give yourself a grade in how you and the dnc managed this process. >> well, i'm excite that so many people watched it. i was really excited...
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states senate. what happens in the house? >> look, i think conventional wisdom is it will pass the house unless pelosi puts a hard hold on her caucus between now and about 4:00 a.m. sometime between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. house members will have a half hour heads up to head to the floor and vote. it might be done by the time most of america wakes up tomorrow morning. this now isolates the daca issue. so the two-year deal is just on top line spending. also in this bill is this year's defense spending. but for the rest of the government agencies, the majority of government agencies are only funded about another five weeks through march 23rd. they'll have to revisit a budget bill by march 23rd and that is where the red line will be on dacaen an frankly most of tonight's controversies will be behind us. this isolates the degreer issue for both the democrats but also for the republicans to figure out how to finally settle it or to walk away from a deal. >> and jose barro, is the legal dynamics on daca c
states senate. what happens in the house? >> look, i think conventional wisdom is it will pass the house unless pelosi puts a hard hold on her caucus between now and about 4:00 a.m. sometime between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. house members will have a half hour heads up to head to the floor and vote. it might be done by the time most of america wakes up tomorrow morning. this now isolates the daca issue. so the two-year deal is just on top line spending. also in this bill is this year's...
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we're going to vote this in the united states senate. and 50 votes, plus the vice president, that should be enough to do with the people of the united states want us to do by a margin of more than 2 to 1. however, we're going to face the filibuster. head on. and this is going to put it to everybody who tries to protect the filibuster one more time. we're going to run right into that. and we're going to have to address this question, the filibuster is not in the constitution of the united states. the filibuster was used for decades and decades and decades to keep us from passing an anti lynching law, over 100 years. the filibuster was used to keep us from passing voting rights and the other civil rights laws. the filibuster has just been used this year to prevent us from protecting the vote all across this country. so i think part of this is going to be, we're going to have to have that fight or more time around filibuster. and look, i look at it this way. if we don't have enough democrats get that job done right now, then give us some mo
we're going to vote this in the united states senate. and 50 votes, plus the vice president, that should be enough to do with the people of the united states want us to do by a margin of more than 2 to 1. however, we're going to face the filibuster. head on. and this is going to put it to everybody who tries to protect the filibuster one more time. we're going to run right into that. and we're going to have to address this question, the filibuster is not in the constitution of the united...
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it happened again tonight, on the floor of the united states senate. more than 80 senators from both political parties stood up and ended this 15-day ordeal that has been suffered by the people of the united states of america, by federal workers and by those who depend on their good service. i can't describe to you the feeling on the floor during the course of these two votes. the bipartisanship, the comraderie, the friendship that i felt, it was such a relief from what we have been through. let's pray that this is just the beginning, i'm sure there is, we've seen it during the course of this year in a prefer immigration bill, the passage of a farm bill. and now the senate, the bipartisan senate rose to the occasion and broke this deadlock. it took the leadership of the senate to do it. we've got to continue to show that leadership. and we have to hope that the speaker of the house of representatives and other members, as well, will watch carefully, as the american people react. watch carefully and understand their responsibility now to work with us in
it happened again tonight, on the floor of the united states senate. more than 80 senators from both political parties stood up and ended this 15-day ordeal that has been suffered by the people of the united states of america, by federal workers and by those who depend on their good service. i can't describe to you the feeling on the floor during the course of these two votes. the bipartisanship, the comraderie, the friendship that i felt, it was such a relief from what we have been through....